Daytona 500
Is Avoiding Accidents the Most Important Skill for Winning the Daytona 500?
Brad Keselowski said that the reason he thinks Denny Hamlin wins at Daytona is that Hamlin is good at avoiding accidents. Is Brad right? […]
Tracks
Racing
Best Drivers by Track Type 2000-2020
Today’s analysis is the last in the track-type series. Today, we’ll look at the best drivers who drove at least 50 races in their careers and at least one race in the time period 2000-2020. […]
Racing
The Best Average Finishing Position by Track Type
We’ve looked in detail at the average finishing positions for the five track types (superspeedway, short tracks, road courses, intermediate tracks and the 2-mile non-superspeedway tracks, which I’ve creatively called ‘other’. Now, let’s put all […]
Auto Club Speedway of California
2021 NASCAR Preview: ‘Other’ Tracks
Fontana (the old Fontana), Pocono, Indy and Michigan are larger than intermediate tracks, but not superspeedways. The number of such tracks is going way down in 2021, which means that drivers who did well at […]
Road Courses
How Does Having Seven Road Courses in 2021 Change the Championship Race?
Once upon a time, road courses were the least popular type of racing among NASCAR fans — and also among many drivers. But that’s changed. And it’ll change even more given that there are seven […]
Racing
Which NASCAR Drivers are Best at Superspeedways?
If asked who the best superspeedway driver was, most NASCAR fans would say Dale Earnhardt. But what do the numbers say? This post is part of a preseason series on how the 2021 NASCAR schedule […]
Talladega Superspeedway
2020 NASCAR by Numbers: The Drivers
Although Santa’s making a list, we here at Building Speed are also in the list-making mode. In the third part of this seemingly never-ending series, we examine at how individual drivers fared in 2020. Please […]
Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR by the Numbers, 2020 Edition, Part 1
Hard to believe it’s already time for NASCAR by the Numbers, isn’t it? With another season in the record books (and what a year it was!) it’s time to look at what the numbers say […]
Charlotte Roval
Race 2020-32: Roval Rundown by the Numbers
The Charlotte Roval was a runaway win for Chase Elliott, with a margin of victory of almost four seconds. But there’s more to the story of this race. Here’s your Roval Rundown for race 2020-32. […]
Race Reports
Talladega 2020-31 Race Report
Talladega 2020-31 was a race of attrition and mistakes, which is reflected in the large number of cautions and cars that didn’t finish the race or finished laps down. A caution on lap 1 is […]